Vol.IX.— No. 16. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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any considerable degree, have hitherto h^•^^n almost 

 unavailiiiir, hut tiie ohjcct is one of the utmost im- 

 portance, and sltonld not he rcliiiq lishcd till the 

 greatest research and exertion have been exliaust- 

 ed. 



The next suggestion wliich I shall ofler, relates 

 to the ctiltivatiou of delicate fruits an<l of orna- 

 mental flowers. These are delicious luxuries ; but 

 iu the first place they are innocent and salutary, 

 and iu the next they are within the reacli of the 

 great mass of our agricultural community. The 

 fanner who possesses a moderate competency, 

 may cover his table and decorate his house with 

 fruits and flowers of the highest degree of flavor 

 and beauty, iu a state of freshness and perfection, 

 in which they are seldom enjoyed by the most op- 

 lent inhabitants of the City. And all this with a 

 mall expense of time and exertion. A little at- 

 entiou in the right place, a due vigilance in im- 

 iroviiigthe fleeting opportunities of time and sea- 

 on wliich nature offers us, a proper degree of 

 ninute, but light and interesting labor, and the 

 lUsiuess is done. I should say more on this topic, 

 ad it not engaged the attention of a kindred 

 ociety, whose efforts, tlius far, have been crown- 

 d with a success beyond all expectation. 

 The last point which I submit to your considera- 

 on is the preservation and culture of our forest 

 «ees. My friends, in this respect, if in no other, 

 <e have indeed a goodly heritage. It is stated 

 f the highest authority on such subjects, F. A. 

 iichau.x, ' that the number of sorts of American 

 irest trees, whose growth amounts to thirty feet 

 least, is not less than one hundred and thirty- 

 »ven, of which ninetyfive are etnployed in the 

 its ; while in France there are only thirtyseven 

 ihich grow to that height, of which eighteen 

 (ly are found in their forests, and seven only of 

 3se are employed in civil and maritime arch- 

 cture.' We are fast consuming these rich treas- 

 3S of our woods, and I fear that our prodigality 

 II be followed at no distant period with the 

 lal consequences of prodigality in other cases. 

 el has already become scarce in our seaports, 

 lubject of serious consideration to those who 

 act, that the sufferings of the poor iu this coiiu- 

 are probably greater from the want of this 

 icle, than from all other causes united. The 

 able timber also on which we dejiend for oiu" 

 nestic architecture, and for our public anil our 

 •cantile marine, is rapidly passing away without 

 earnest or extensive efforts to reproduce it. 

 3 live oak of our Southern States, considered 

 best material in the world for ship building, 

 probably be entirely swept away in half a 

 :nry, and our own white oak may follow, after 

 ery long interval. Independently, however, 

 11 considerations of utility, the cultm-e of our 

 let forest trees merely as majestic ornaments to 

 Iface of our country, well deserves our utmost 

 What can be a more noble object for in- 

 ce, than one of our full grown American elms, 

 le denominated by the high authority already 

 :ed, ' the most magnificent vegetable produc- 

 of the temperate zone.' Where can we be- 

 a more striking union of strength and grace 



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feelings towards the uidcnown individual to whose 

 taste and wisdom we owe them ? Who doubts that 

 his name, had he cho.scn to. record it, would have 

 been far better ])erpetuated by such a memorial 

 than by the proudest monument of brass or mar- 

 ble. My friends, is there not something elevating 

 in the thought, that we can thus contribute to the 

 happiness of generations yet uidiorn, that we can 

 thus imitate, in some humble measure, the com- 

 prehensive benevolence of that Providence which 

 plans, not for years, but for ages. 



The season which is just closing, my friends, has 

 been uncommonly propitious. We have been ex- 

 empted from all visitations of drought, and have en- 

 joyed a succession of seasonable rains, to a degree 

 seldom experienced in our bright and dry climate. 

 Our fruit trees have borne with unusual ahuii- 

 dance, our crop of Indian Corn is good, and 

 that of potatoes whether we regaril quantity or 

 qiality uncommonly fine.* Above all, our grass, 

 a product of more importance to this state than 

 all other products united, has proved, for the 

 fourth year in succession, remarkably luxuriant. 

 This abundance has been attended, as might have 

 been expected, by a diminution in the market val- 

 ue of hay, but it should be recollected on the 

 other hand, that our farmers have been enabled to 

 retail, and rear much valuable stock, which must 

 have been sacrificed in a dry season. It is true 

 that within the last two years our manufactures 

 and merchants have been visited with severe trials, 

 and that om- farmers have not been wholly ex- 

 emjited from the weight of the de|)ression under 

 wlich the rest of the community have labored. 

 But such a complete exemption could not be ex- 

 pected in a country, where the great interests of 

 ^gricultiu'e, Manufactures and Conunerce are so 

 intimately united, as in ours. It may safely be 

 affirmed however, that our farmers have suffered 

 far less from the evils to which I allude, than any 

 other large or important portion of our people, 

 and this from the very nature of their calling. 

 The merchant or matiufacturer may he robbed of 

 the reward of his labor, by changes in the foreign 

 or domestic market entirely beyond his control, 

 and may wind up a year, in which he has done 

 everything which intelligence and ijidustry could 

 do to insure success, not only witliout profit, but 

 with an actual diminution of capital. The strong 

 arm of mechanic industry may be enfeebled or 

 paralyzed by the prostration of those manufactuf- 

 ing or commercial interests to whose existence 

 it so essentially contributes, and on whom in turn 

 it so essentially depends. But what has the in- 

 telligent and industrious farmer to fear ? His 

 capital is invested in the solid ground, he draws 

 on a fund which from time immemorial has never 

 failed to honor all just demands, his profits may 

 be diminished indeed, but never wholly suspended; 

 his success depends on no mere earthly guarantee, 

 but on the assurance of that great and beneficent 

 being, who has declared that while the earth eu- 

 dureth, seed time and harvest shall not cease. I 

 shall close with a few remarks on the immediate 

 business of this meeting, the distribution of prizes. 



It is obviously a difficult and delicate task, to de 

 t in its massy trunk and drooping foliage ?|cide between the claims of competitors deeply 

 is there in the most classical specimens of! interested in the result, and of nearly equal merits, 

 itecture in our city, beautiful as indeed they j The labors of the trustees in this part of their 

 to which the eye turns with more pleasure, i duty have been greatly alleviated on the present 

 to the triple row of elms which adorns our 

 '? Who has ever contemplated those solid 

 lonades and shady arches, without grateful 



*I have since been informed that this last assertion i 

 not universally correct, and that in many places the croj) 

 of potatoes is deficient in quantity. 



as on former occasions, by the assistance of those 

 intelligent and respectable individuals, who have, 

 consented to be associated with them on com- 

 mittees. It has over been the desire and aim of 

 those committees to arrive in each case at ajaat 

 decision, and it is gratifying to reflect, that their 

 exertions to this end have always been duly aji- 

 preciated. Whatever may have been said, some- 

 times doubtless with justice, of their errors, I 

 am not aware that their impartiality and fairness 

 have ever been impeached. We entertain the 

 fullest confidence that the decisions now to be 

 announced, will be received by the public in 

 general, and by the unsuccessful competitors in par- 

 ticular, in the same fair and liberal spirit which 

 has been manifested on all former occasions. 



FRUGAL HOUSEWIFE. 

 More than lour thousand copies of the Frugal House- 

 wife have been sold ; and the demand for it has increas- 

 ed so much, that the publishers have been induced to 

 stereotype it. A numberof additions suggested by expe- 

 rienced nurses and housekeepers, have been made. The 

 fourth edition will soon be out of the press. 



Journal and Tribune. 



The Albion (a British paper established in New York,) 

 tales that ' a protecting duty in favor of the Northern 

 colonies, beyond that contemplated by the acts, will be 

 imposed at the next session of Parliament.' 



The Eagle Print Works, on Passaic river, N. Jersey, 

 turn out weekly four thousand pieces of goods. The 

 calicoes made here are said to equal any foreign ones in 

 richness, brilliancy, and tinish ; they recefved the high- 

 est prenr.iura from the American Institute. 



A Diamond rattle snake was lately killed in the Chero- 

 kee nation, 7 feet and 1 inch in length, and 1 foot and 1 

 inch in circumference. The bite of this species is said 

 to admit of no cure. 



At the Cattle Show, at Concord, a yok3 of oxen drag- 

 gled up hill a load, which weighed, wagon and all, 6100 

 lbs ; another drew a load of 6090. A gentleman, who 

 did not apply in season for a premium, put his oxen to the 

 foremost cart, and they carried both loads up with perfect 

 ease — a burden of 12190 lbs. These oxen are six years 

 old, and girt about six feet and a half. 



A handbill is circulating in London, for the purpose of 

 inducing an Ens,lish colony to emigrate to the territory 

 of Michigan. The writer of the hand-bill visited Michi- 

 gan in 1827. and has lately returned there. 



Census of Philadelphia. — According to the census just 

 finished the population of the fifteen wards of the City of 

 Philadelphia is 80,318; the seven wards of the Northern 

 Liberties, 28,888 ; and the districts of Southwark, Ken- 

 sington, Spring Garden, &.c. 58,487 ; total 167,688. 



Philip I. walks the streets of Paris with an umbrella 

 in his hand, a surtout, and a round drab hat — not distin- 

 guishable by his dress from any other citizen. Charles 

 X. could be seen only in state, covered with gold and 

 embroidery and drawn by eight horses in a gilded char- 

 iot. 



Canal Tolls. — The Albany Argus, states that the toils 

 collected on the State Canals up (o the 1st of September, 

 amount to $51 4,000 being about $100,000 more than were 

 collected in the same period last year. 



Worcester cattle show, took place on the 13th inst. — 

 The following is from the Report on Manufacturers. A 

 bed-spread made by Miss Caroline Henshaw of Leicester, 

 when three years of age, came in close competition with 

 a bed quilt, iiLade by Mrs Sarah Dunsmoor of West Bol- 

 slou at the age of 84. Either of them would do great 

 credit to persons in the meridian of life. 



jj good day's Work. — At Shuteshury, on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 29, Mrs Bogue on the anniversary of her birth 

 day, at the coinpletion ol her ninety filth year, spun fifty 

 four knots of woollen yarn, of a superior quality. Such 

 women were our mothers! How many of the younger 

 portion of their descendants at the present day can equal 

 this performance ? — Worcester Spy. 



Corn and Cob. — A western paper says that it has been 

 ascertained that 13 bushels of ears of corn ground will af- 

 ford as much nourishment to hogs and cattle, as 9 bushels 

 of shelled corn. 



